Office of Community Corrections
Advisory Board
Appointed by the Kent County Board of Commissioners, the Kent County Community Corrections Advisory Board (CCAB) is responsible for community corrections planning and policy-making with regards to the community corrections funding received from the Michigan Office of Community Corrections (MOCC). The Kent County CCAB has thirteen members representing a cross-section of criminal justice stakeholders in Kent County. Meeting periodically through the year, CCAB members review and discuss issues pertinent to the criminal justice system in Kent County and how community corrections programming can positively impact these issues. CCAB members also must approve the annual community corrections grant that funds the Kent County Office of Community Corrections.
Current members of the Kent County CCAB:
- CCAB Chairperson - Honorable Mark Trusock
- District Court Judge - Honorable Michael Distel
- Family Division Judge - Honorable Patricia Gardner
- Business Community - Carolyn Sutherby
- Chief of Police - Chief Kim Koster (City of Wyoming)
- Circuit Court Probation - Christine Witters
- Communications/Media - Angelina Morales
- County Commissioner - Ivàn Diaz
- County Prosecutor - Chris Becker
- County Sheriff - Captain Lyndsie Cole
- Criminal Defense - Laura Joyce
- General Public - Tiffany Douglas
- Service Area - Michelle Bryk (Women's Resource Center)
CCAB meetings are open to the public and are generally held quarterly on Wednesday mornings at 8:00 AM in the 3rd Floor Conference Room in the Kent County Courthouse. If in person meetings are not possible, the CCAB will meet via Zoom. Although subject to change, the remaining 2023 meeting dates are set for April 19, September 13 and December 13.